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Tornado Warning 37, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this tornado warning at Oct 13, 2014, 3:30 PM CDT for Washington County, Illinois. It was in force for 16 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 13, 2014, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 13, 2014, 3:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Radar indicated
- Hail
- 0.75 in
County Washington County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 10:29 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 213 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
446
WFUS53 KLSX 132030
TORLSX
ILC189-132100-
/O.NEW.KLSX.TO.W.0037.141013T2030Z-141013T2100Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
330 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST LOUIS HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 400 PM CDT
* AT 329 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO WAS LOCATED NEAR TAMAROA...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
* THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
ASHLEY AROUND 345 PM CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE DU BOIS...RADOM AND RICHVIEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3821 8915 3821 8930 3843 8915 3842 8914
3822 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 208DEG 44KT 3816 8923
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BRITT2 follow-up statements
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WWUS53 KLSX 132040
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
340 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
ILC189-132100-
/O.CON.KLSX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-141013T2100Z/
WASHINGTON IL-
340 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON
COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM CDT...
AT 337 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO
WAS LOCATED NEAR ASHLEY...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...TORNADO.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED ROTATION.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE DAMAGE IS
LIKELY.
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
WASHINGTON COUNTY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TAKE COVER NOW. MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
STURDY BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS. IF IN A MOBILE HOME...A VEHICLE OR
OUTDOORS...MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
&&
LAT...LON 3821 8915 3826 8926 3843 8915 3842 8914
3822 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 206DEG 50KT 3831 8916
TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN
$$
BRITT168
WWUS53 KLSX 132046
SVSLSX
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO
346 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
ILC189-132056-
/O.CAN.KLSX.TO.W.0037.000000T0000Z-141013T2100Z/
WASHINGTON IL-
346 PM CDT MON OCT 13 2014
...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.
LAT...LON 3821 8915 3826 8926 3843 8915 3842 8914
3822 8914
TIME...MOT...LOC 2046Z 208DEG 44KT 3833 8911
$$
BRITTThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 12:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe | 28 min |
| Oct 13, 12:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair | 46 min |
| Oct 13, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison, Saint Clair | 23 min |
| Oct 13, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Madison | 32 min |
| Oct 13, 2:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Macoupin, Madison, Montgomery | 28 min |
| Oct 13, 3:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion, Montgomery, Washington | 5 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LSX | Marion | 38 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.